Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Saul was baptized after his healing


Saul was baptized after his healing

Acts 9:18
            18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

Acts 2:38
            38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:12, 16, 36
            12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him.

Col 2:12
            12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Saul was baptized after his healing
2)     Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
3)     When people believed the Good news preached by Philip they were baptized
4)     When the eunuch believed in the good news and asking for baptism, Philip baptized him.
5)     We are buried with Christ through baptism, in which we were also raised with him through our faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

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